Motor-sleigh.



0. JONSSON.

MOTOR SLEIGH.

APPLICATION HLED' MAY 14, 1915.

1,163,41 1 Patented Dec. 7, 1915.

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O. JONSSON.

MOTOR SLEIGH.

APPHCATION FILED MAY I4. 1915.

1 163,41 1 Patented Dec. 7, 1915.

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OLAZWJ ONSSON, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

.MOTOR-SLEIGH.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

rates-tea Dec. 7, 1915..

Application iildMay 1'4, 1915. Serial No."2 8,1 1 5.

Be a known that Lon Jonsson, a as zen of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, inthe county of Milwaukee and State of VVisc'onsin, have invente'c. "certain new and useful I provements in Motor Sleighs and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clealy and "exact description of the invention, such: aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same; a

This In vent'ion relatestognnprov'ements m inotor sleighs.

One object of th'einvention is to effect: i nc'ons'truction of jthe run-a and rear arms" 27-28 of which are'crosse'd pro veinent's in the her trucks.

Another object is" to proy'i'de improved steering means.

With the above and othe'r object's in view, the invention consists inthe' construction,

combination andarrangement'of devices hereinafter described and claimed;

1h the accompanying{drawings figure:

1 is aside elevation of a; motor sleigh con structed in accordance with my invent on.

Fig." 2 is a plain of the chasisandoperating mechanism. Fig. 3 vertical transverse sectional view," showing the rear trucks and the propelling shafta-nd tractorwhe'el; Fig. i

f is a detail vertical sectional viewof the rear portion of the metersleighnn thepliltne' in dicatedlby'the' lineA-eef of Fig. 8. Fig. 5 is r a similar view on the plane indicated the line 55 of Fig. 3. p

The chassis 1 may be of the" ream here shown or of any other suitable form: The motor is indicatedat 2 an'd may be of any suitable form of internal combustion orele'c-- trio motor. The motor shaft is indicated at 3 and the guide shaft at 1.

The chassis is provided with front and rear bolsters 56 respectively and below the ends of the front bolster are the front runners 7 each of which has a standard 8 composed of a doubled and bent spring rod forming front and rear upwardly converg ing arms 910, intertwisted at 11 and also forming a vertical pivotal extension 12 of the arm 9, which is pivotallymounted in a vertical opening in the front bolster, and a steering arm 13 comprising upper and lower members 1415 which respectively extend rearwardly from the extension 12 and upper end of the arm 10 and form an eye 16 to which a steering bar 17 is connected as at '18. The steering bar has an eye 19 to which the construction ofthestandards 80f the oppositely curyedspring arms connected togetherat their upper ends'the said stand"- ardsare rendered resilient ands ring y thus enabling the front runners to accommodate themselves to surface inequalities "and caus ing the sleigh to run evenly. and Without jolt. The rear runners 25 are provided with siinilarly'constructed standards 26 thefront newrtheirupper ends as at 29' andjfo'rmed with a 'bight 30'tl1esaid bi'g'hts passing through horizontal openings near the upper 7 5 end] of th bolster 6. An inverted Ushapea.

spring bracerod 31"isalso providedwhich has its intermediate portion secured onthe suitable clips 32, its vertical arms or endsse,

extending down to thefrear runnersand being' attachedthereto at'p'oints midway/between-thelower ends "of the arms of the standards 26. brace rod 31 enable the' rear runners to spring easily and to also accommodate themselves to surface inequalities.

The chassis, is provided at points on the rear side of the rear "holster with bearing blocks 34eac'h of Which'h'as' a vertic'alslot 85L le propelling shaft='-86 is mounted in" the bearing "b'locksand is normallyheld att'he lower end of the slot bysprings 37 Trac tion wl1eels38 are at the ends ofs'ziid shaft connected by endless sprocket chains 43 with said sprocket Wheels 39. Said counter shaft also has a miter gear 44 which is engaged by a similar gear 45 at therear end of the guide shaft 4.

It will be understood from the foregoing that When the motor is in operation and the guide shaft is clutched the propelling shaft with its traction Wheels will be revolved in I operate as independently as desired in the snow or to entirely raise them above the snow to stop the sleighsuddenly. This lever is fulcrumed as at 52 atthe lower' end of a hanger 53 and the rear end of said lever is engaged under the shaft 36 as at 54.

While I have herein shown and'desc'ribed a preferred form of my invention, I would have it understood that changes may be ,madefin theform, proportion and construction, of the severalparts, without departing.

from thespirit of the invention and within the scope of the appended claims;

Having thus described my invention, I o,cla1mr:' w

1 In sleigh of front and, rear. spring arms connected to getherjatjtheir upper ends, one of said arms having a verticalextension pivotally mount-7 ed in the frame or body and said arms having rearwardly extending members united 1? together and forming a steering arm, a steering bar connecting said steering arms of the runner standardsand: a pivotally mounted said steering rod.

steering shaft having anarmconnected to 2. 11113 sleigh of'the class described, a

frameior body, front runners each-having a spring standard extending upwardly therefrom and comprising upwardly converging front, and'rearspring arms connected to- 'gether at their upper-ends, saidvfront arms having a vertical extension pivotally mounted in theframe or bodyfand extending rear- Copies of thisipate nt be obtained .for five cents each, byaddressiiig thelf Commissioner dramas,

said steering rod,

V the class described, a

frame orbody, front runners each having a spring standard extending upwardly therefrom and comprising upwardly converging bar-connecting said steering arm of the runner standards and a pivotally mounted steering shaft having an arm connected to 3. In a sleighof'the class described, a

frame or body, frontfrunners each having a spring standard extending upwardly therefrom and comprising upwardlyfconverging front and rear arms connectedtogether at adaptedyto have its ends bent to form an eye to receive the rearwardlyextending members of the spr ng arm, said steering their upper ends, one of said arms having a 7 vertical extension ipivotally mountedin the. 'frameuor'bodv and sa d arms having rearbar being provided with an eyeinterrnediate 1 its length adapted to receive the end of a I steering shaft and means for 1 supporting saidsteering shaft. r

4.;In1la sleigh of the class described, a

frame or body, rear runners, each having a spring standard extending upwardly there from; and comprising upwardly converging front and rear spring arms adapted to cross each other adjacent their upper ends forming a bight, said bight secured to the frame orbody, an inverted U-shaped spring brace,

rod connected to the vframe or body intermediate itsendsand saidspring brace rod havingits ends bent downwardly and secured to the runners intermediate the lower ends of said armsof the'standards.

In testimony whereof I aflix signature in presence oftwo witnesses.

Witnesses:

HARvnY-T-rross, CARn'LIND oLM,

- OLAF' Joussonff Washing ton, D. G. i 

